Tuberculosis Breaches Borders, But Not Public Health

Immigrants from countries with high rates of tuberculosis who move to countries of low TB incidence do not pose a public health threat to native citizens, according to researchers in Norway, who analyzed the incidence and genetic origins of all known cases of TB in the country between 1993 and 2005. Their results were reported in the first issue for November of the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on November 2nd, 2007